Broccoli Stuffed Sweet Potatoes with Vegan Cheese Sauce

The only way to make baked purple sweet potatoes anymore delicious is to stuff them with roasted garlic broccoli and the creamiest vegan cheese sauce! Dairy-free and gluten-free.

Potatoes stuffed with broccoli and drenched in ooey-gooey cheese sauce was one of my favorite meals when I was little. I would request less broccoli and more cheese, please! I don’t think that ever happened but I still tried.

My mom aways made us very healthy dinners, so, cheesy broccoli stuffed potatoes were more of a treat meal on special nights when we got to request something for dinner. Like, if we got a good grade on a test or did something extra nice for someone.

Old school cheesy broccoli stuffed potatoes aren’t exactly the healthiest meal but I still loved it. Now, that I’m a vegetarian trying to transition to being a full time vegan, I have to come up with replacements for certain things that I used to love aka cheese.

Vegan Cheese Sauce

This vegan cheese sauce tastes so similar to dairy cheese sauce that I really think it would be pretty difficult for anyone that didn’t know to tell the difference. It doesn’t have the same stringiness that dairy cheese does but it’s super smooth and creamy just like melted cheese is. It also makes amazinghealthy macaroni and cheese!

The creaminess comes from the potatoes and cashews that are blended together. If you’re nut-free, you can use chickpeas in place of the cashews. I’ve made it both ways and I really can’t tell a difference.

The color of the vegan cheese sauce comes from…drum roll, please!

…Carrots!

All natural colors here, folks. No artificial anything. You can actually feel good about eating this vegan cheese sauce!

Purple Sweet Potaotes

If I find purple sweet potatoes or purple cauliflower at the grocery store, I always get them! They’re just too pretty to leave behind. My mom always told be that naturally purple foods are very good for your body. It’s true, mom’s right again, purple sweet potatoes have more antioxidants than orange sweet potatoes or white potatoes.

This vegan cheese sauce would be delicious slathered over crispy on the outside, soft and fluffy on the inside baked potatoes too. I’m sure I’ll be making that version in the future since I can’t always find purple sweet potatoes but you know I always try to make meals healthier if I can.